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Boris Johnson: We need a fairer system for 2020 A-Level and GCSE students

Submitted on Friday 14th August 2020

Rejected on Thursday 20th August 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

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Boris Johnson: We need a fairer system for 2020 A-Level and GCSE students

Petition Details

Almost 40% of A-level assessments have been downgraded, potentially impacting the futures of thousands of young people. I’m calling on the Government to urgently sort out this injustice. For a lot of pupils, the algorithm doesn’t even consider what our own teachers predicted we’d get.

Additional Information

I’m calling for Boris Johnson, and his Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, to step in and fix it urgently. At a minimum, the Government must ensure there is:
No “marking down” of individual pupils based purely on them having gone to a less good school
A free appeals system open to any pupil
More weight given to our own teachers’ assessments, as they are better placed that an algorithm to judge us as individuals


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that GCSE and A-level students will receive their centre assessment grades: www.gov.uk/government/news/gcse-and-a-level-students-to-receive-centre-assessment-grades

Prior to this announcement being made, we had published the following petitions, calling for similar actions to your request:

Reverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334491

Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773

Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334013

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